And the king said to the man of God, 'Entreat now the face of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored.' And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before — Jeroboam's plea for intercession reveals his acknowledgment of the prophet's power and God's superiority to his own royal authority. The phrase חַלֵּה־נָא אֶת־פְּנֵי־יְהוָה (challe-na et-phnei-YHWH, entreat the face of the LORD) employs the language of supplication and petition. The prophet's intercession succeeds—the withered hand is restored—demonstrating that the man of God possesses not merely the power to curse but to mediate divine mercy. Yet this temporary reprieve will not move Jeroboam toward repentance or reform.

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